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Hi Andrea, I´m so sorry because of I dont speak italian though I would like to, fortunately your blog is also in english so I thank you a lot your effort and mostly your kind and generous words on my work I really appreciate itAbout your questions, "cola de milano" means, as you can imagine, dovetail joint, since the article is about that dovetailmarker

The protector, hahahahaha, is an old one made in spain by the chance and the brand is ACHA. Probably you could find it through internet but I do recommend to you the square plate STARRETT one which I´ll buy it soon, much more steady and accurate than mineYou will see some good protector in here (beside STARRETT one)http://www.fine-tools.com/mess1.htm

Another way to do it, Andrea: Learn the method to do the layout by eye. Then, simply mark the baseline, and start cutting. I learned it this way from dovetail savant Frank Klausz. I have on my blog several videos I filmed during Woodworking in America, showing Klausz doing it this way. Terrific!

Hola Julio, Yo tambien lamento de no hablar espanol como me gustaria.Unfortunately I was in your country a long time ago and I do not remember well your language.Anyway, thank you very much for the answers.

Hi Al,I uderstand your and Frank Klausz point of view and way of working.I also read Roy Underhill somewhere suggest you throw away any dovetail markers.And I also saw with my own eyes dozens of drawers with dovetail clearly cut by eye.But I still think that dovetail markers are useful and inexpansive tools for beginners and intermediates woodworkers and for exposed and decorative dovetails.

Of course! It is always best to reach a comfort level, before trying out anything else. My fault, for not making it clear.

I used dovetail markers for quite a while. Then I started practicing daily, until my muscle memory improved. You can see the bucket of my practice, at http://sandal-woodsblog.com/2009/08/28/two-marking-gauges-one-old-and-one-new/ . It just seems natural that practice gives us so much muscle memory.